8676 Arbeit und Brot

CHF 20.00

IONIDES Stephen A.

8675 One Day Telleth Another

The book can be recommended to all who wish to obtain some knowledge of what the science of astronomy means.
The pages are full of interest and novelty, and a large collection of illustrations, brought together from many sources, is one of the most notable features of the book; there is a useful list of definitions, a bibliography and a good index.

CHF 35.00

COLLECTIF

8637 The Art of the Watch

For the lover of fine things, the collector, the horologist, the best of the watchmaker's art that transcends nation, language and time itself.
A portrait gallery of the world's finest watches, presented - perhaps for the first time - as works of art.
With articles by: Simon Critchell, Dana J. Blackwell and Osvaldo Patrizzi.
In very good condition, linen hard cover with black & shiny dustjacket.

CHF 40.00

COLLECTIF

8635 Tempo e poder em Lisboa

CHF 30.00

COLLECTIF

8634 European Clocks in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Catalogue showing clocks of the Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical periods which are a continual surprise and delight not only for their beauty but especially for their ingenious fusion of the mechanical, the decorative, and the metaphorical.
Written by Gilian Wilson, and contributors as David Harris Cohen, Jean Nérée Ronfort, Jean-Dominique Augarde and Peter Friess.
In a very good condition. Hard linen cover with dustjacket

CHF 150.00

PATEK PHILIPPE MUSEUM

8631 Timepieces for Royalty 1850-1910

This catalogue was produced for the self-titled exhibition held at the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva from October 21 to December 30, 2005.
Presentation of some Patek Philippe's famous watches which were made between 1850 and the First World War and which customers were intimately linked with the royalty and nobility of Europe and other countries as like:
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Victoria, Pope Pius IX, Isabella II, Queen of Spain, Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, Umberto I King of Italy, Nicholas II Aleksandrovich, Emperor of Russia.

CHF 90.00

JAGGER Cedric

8626 Royal Clocks

The British Monarchy and its Timekeepers, 1300-1900.
This book, based on years of research and written by one of Britain's leading horological historians, is magnificently illustrated with some 400 photographs, over half of them in colour.
From the earliest-known and primitive clocks of Edward III to the splendours of the Georgian heritage, the magnificient accumulation of French clocks acquired by George V and clocks now among the Royal Collection complete a superb work of magnificence of the theme.

Hard cover in a cardbox.

340 Seiten,
Verlag : 1983
Sprache : englisch

CHF 85.00

GOLD/PFEIL

8616 Watch History in The Making

Interviews of seven watchmakers.
Out of print, rare.

150 Seiten,
Verlag : 2001
Sprache : englisch

CHF 100.00

CUMMING Alexander

8614 The Elements of Clock and Watch-Work

Adapted to practice. In two essays. Reprint of the 1766 edition.
With 16 plates.
Seems to have some mistakes in the printing of the first copy !

CHF 30.00

ORTENBURGER Rick

8608 Vienna Regulators and Related Clocks

This book is the third in a series written on Viennese Regulators and German clocks factories.

50 Seiten,
Verlag : 1987
Sprache : englisch

CHF 20.00

MAJOR F.G.

8607 The Quantum Beat

The physical principles of atomic clocks.
With 230 illustrations.

475 Seiten,
Verlag : 1998
Sprache : englisch

CHF 40.00

BRITTEN F.J.

8605 Old Clocks and Watches & their Makers

Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the past, in England and Abroad. To which is added a list of eleven thousand makers.
Special hand-written exemplar with notes written by Britten F.J. or Baillie forming part as editorial corrections for the 4th edition. Becomes a manuscript, all handwritten on extra paper insert among the pages.

Originally from the private library of Granville Hugh Baillie and Malcolm Gardner.
With a dedicate by Malcolm Gardner to Alfred Wild.
3rd edition much enlarged, very rare.

8598 Cronometria del obelisco al reloj de cuarzo y atomico

CHF 40.00

CROM R. Theodore

8596 Trade Catalogues 1542 to 1842

Contents :
Eighteenth Century Advertising
Trade Catalogues Prior to 1750 - Scientific Instruments
English Tools, Brass and Silver Co.- Surviving Tools
The Sales Revolution
Diversity of Trades Catalogues and American Catalogues - the earliest known American catalogue is attributed to that great innovator, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).
With color plates.

CHF 40.00

SMITH Alan

8593 Clocks and Watches

The Connoisseur IIlustrated Guides.
All the beauty, elegance and ingenuity of clocks and watches from the Middle Ages to the present day (1975) are represented in this book.
The author has laid particular emphasis on English horology, but American clocks and watches have a chapter to themselves and there is a concise review of some of the more important Continental, European and Japanese styles.
A list of books for further reading is included, together with a full index.
Also included a letter by Charles Allix and one from the author in 1975.